Knife



r. WITTLINGER y-KNIFE Umea 1390.16, 1925 nfl. E94.

Patented Dee .11,

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application med December 1s, 192g, serial M invention relates to a method' 'of naak-` ing nives with handles, and to the knlves made by said method. f .Itis an object of my invention to provide aA knife, for instance, a table knife,which is not subject to the formation of crevices l`or other irregularities at the handle which give access to dirt and moisture.

In table knives of the usualtype, the' sev# eral parts of t-he knife are manufactured iii' separate operations and connected in'finishedl condition. The blade is generally of steel and the handle may be lmade of various metals,

those most. frequently used being silver` or German silver. The handle is made from two symmetrical forged halves which are joined by brazingor 1n any other way, and

when finished the handle constitutes a hollow -body in which the blade is held by soldering or-cementing- A filler,'sa`1 1d,' sawdust, ctc. may be inserted in the space between the handle and the end of the blade. a

Cleaning with hot water often damages such knives ue to the connection between 25. the handler-and the blade becoming loose.

This is not only troublesome when the knife .is handled but also -bad froma sanitary point of view asl dire will accumulate inthe crevices which form on the blade becoming loose and such dirt cannot be removed.

fIt has already been proposed to make the blade and its handle integral, for instance, by forging the blade and the handle from a single piece of steel or other suitable ma- .teraL This, however, detracts from the ap-` pearance as a steel handle is unsightly.

v the other hand, it has been proposed to make the blade of a knife from copper or nickel or other rustless material, and fruit knives or the like have been made on this principle. While such knives, are of oodl appearance, their cutting qualities are obviously poor.

The drawbacks of these old t` pes of knives are overcome-in my invention inaking the blade and one part of-the andle name -to this sp No. 75,741, and/ in Germany October 10, 1924. I.

from an alloy, for instance, a copper alloy i of known composition, .which is forgeable' at Y' high temperature and has good cutting quali-I a ties, but-is not subject' to corrosion.

,as me blade and one halfpfthe handle are integral,` crevices cannot `form. The' other half is made separately and connected with the first .half .by brazing orwelding.

- In the drawings, a knife made in accordance' with my` invention is illustrated byway of example, it being"l understood' that I am "not limited to the particular. type shown and described.. l

Fig. 1 is an elevation-oiga finished knife,

the handle being shown'in'fsection,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of 'the handle part which is made separately, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view-of the finished knife.

The blade aand Fig. 2 is a section onthe line c-d of Fig 1,

handlel areforged vi tegrally from a 'suit-fl y able alloy, for insta ce malleable German' silver, the part a beinof` hollow. 'Ihe`other half, b, is forged similarly and preferably from the-same material, and joined with th integral half described.

tlieone half a of the l'I0 va by brazing or welding, a

l A suitable alloy consists of'4-7 partsvof' I copper, 37.5 parts of zinc, 10 to 12 parts' of 7 5 iron, and -.5`partI of aluminum. A blade made from this alloy iseqnal to a steel blade,v

nickel, two" parts of'manganese, one part of RICHARD- WITTLIINGER.- 

